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Reading, the Imagination and Costume Play

Amber December 9, 2014

Reading, the Imagination and Costume Play

This spring the world was taken captivate by the colorful paper dresses of a four year old girl named Mayhem. In a short period of time her following on Instagram grew from a few hundred to almost four hundred thousand.  Many things converged to create … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construct, Handcrafts, Homeschool Libraries, Reviews Tagged With: Charlotte Mason, Drama, dress up, Gail Haley, homeschool library, Homeschool Resources, Imagination, living books, Paper costumes, Richard Scarry

Amber October 27, 2013

Practical Creative Bookshelf Ideas

This is the third post in the series Starting a Homeschool Library.  You can read the previous posts here: Starting a Homeschool Library Finding Affordable Books to Build Your Homeschool Library No blog series on beginning a home library would be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homeschool Libraries Tagged With: Book shelf ideas, homeschool library, organize books

History According to Bob

David September 22, 2013

History According to Bob

I am an avid podcast listener.  With a daily commute of at least 30 minutes each way I have lots of time to listen and learn.  Of all the shows I listen to, History According to Bob stands out as my favorite.  With almost ten years of podcasting to his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homeschool Libraries, Reviews Tagged With: History, History According to Bob, History Podcast, Homeschool History, homeschool library, Homeschool Resources, Podcast

Finding Affordable Books to Build Your Homeschool Library

Amber September 15, 2013

Finding Affordable Books to Build Your Homeschool Library

This is the second post in the series Starting a Homeschool Library.  You can read the first post in which I discussed resources for learning which books to buy here: Starting a Homeschool Library I began our homeschool library from the shelves of Jan … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homeschool Libraries Tagged With: homeschool library, Homeschool Resources, jan bloom, living books, used books

Starting a Homeschool Library

Amber September 1, 2013

Starting a Homeschool Library

This is the first post in a series title Starting a Homeschool Library. My vision of the perfect homeschool library always seems to hover just ahead of me.  Either there is not enough money for shelves, or not enough walls for shelves, but one problem … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homeschool Libraries, Uncategorized Tagged With: five in a row, homeschool library, jan bloom, living books, used books, valeries living books

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